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Want to learn more about documenting the history of your congregation or preserving its records? The Presbyterian Historical Society offers webinars and workshops at select training events.

Live Workshops and Webinars

PHS staff are available to join your PC(USA) congregation, presbytery, or synod meeting or other select Presbyterian events to discuss managing and preserving your records. Please contact the Reference Desk at refdesk@history.pcusa.org for more information and to confirm staff availability. We also offer presentations on doing genealogy research at the society.

Webinar Recordings

Over the past few years, the society has recorded online presentations on a wide variety of topics, which are available on our YouTube channel and linked below.

Presbyterian Mission in Persia and the Life of John Haskell Shedd

Archival Research with Past PHS Fellows

Book Talk with Dr. Gene Zubovich

Building Knowledge and Breaking Barriers

Sanctuary and Accompaniment

LGBTQIA+ Inclusion in the PC(USA)

Historic General Assemblies

Remembering the Community School of Tehran

Religious News Service Photographs

A History of Black Protest in America with Reverend Jimmie Hawkins

A Conversation with Elona Street-Stewart

Reckoning with the Past

2021 in Review

Hispanic and Latinx Ministries in the PC(USA)

The Angela Davis Legal Defense Fund 50 Years On

Saving Your Congregation's Records

Journal of Presbyterian History special issues on the dynamics of indigenization

The David Sindt Papers and LGBTQIA+ History

Rethinking the Value of Community Cookbooks

Women's History in the PHS Archive

Sarah Smith's Educational Advocacy for Arab Women, with Robert D. Stoddard

The Careers of Alonzo and Althea Brown Edmiston, with Kimberly Hill

Meet the Executive Director

Racial Prejudice and Colonial Politics in Korean Mission History

LOCATION AND HOURS

425 Lombard St
Philadelphia, PA 19147
Tues, Wed, Thur, Fri: 9 am to 4 pm

CONTACT US

Phone: (215) 627-1852
Email: refdesk@history.pcusa.org

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